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Design Master May 2020 Newsletter

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Revit 2021 Electrical Feature Review and 2021 Support

Autodesk released Revit 2021 on April 8, which includes several improvements for electrical design. We took a look at the new and updated features and summarized how they could impact your workflow.

See the feature review on our website.

Electrical RT is compatible with Revit 2021.

Make sure to install the latest update to ensure the version you have will work with Revit 2021.


AutoCAD 2021 Support and Startup Performance Test

Autodesk released AutoCAD 2021 on March 25. All of our software is compatible with AutoCAD 2021.

Make sure to install the latest update to ensure the version you have will work with AutoCAD 2021.

We also tested the startup performance of AutoCAD 2021 for comparison against earlier versions as well as BricsCAD V20 Ultimate.

See the results on our website.


Design Master Drives Profitable Projects at Harbor Environmental and Safety

Harbor Environmental and Safety, founded in 2007, has fingers in several pies. They consult for environmental and safety compliance and implement monitoring software for the same. They also offer full-service engineering, ranging from civil projects like water- and roadways to MEP for municipal, commercial, and industrial facilities. As vice president and principal of the engineering division, Andrew Rike, PE, oversees much of the electrical and mechanical design work—work that is made faster and easier with Design Master Electrical and HVAC.

Read more about Harbor Environmental and Safety.


Online Training

A regular online training webinar is available every month for Design Master Electrical RT for Revit and Design Master Electrical for AutoCAD. The training will answer support questions we have received from other users.

Electrical for Revit training is the 2nd Thursday of the month at 1:30pm Eastern.

Electrical for AutoCAD training is the 4th Thursday of the month at 1:30pm Eastern.

Complete details about the training are available on our website.

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View recordings of past trainings:

Here is the schedule for the next two months:

May 14, 2020: Electrical for Revit
New feature preview
Answers to customer support questions

May 28, 2020: Electrical for AutoCAD
Answers to customer support questions

June 11, 2020: Electrical for Revit
No training -- Instructor vacation

June 25, 2020: Electrical for AutoCAD
Answers to customer support questions


Electrical for Revit Feature Previews

We are continuing to preview new features during the Electrical for Revit training. There are two goals for the previews:

The feature previews will be available only during the live training session. Because we are demonstrating features in development that might change, we will not post recordings of the previews.

The next feature preview will be May 14, 2020 at 1:30pm Eastern, followed by regular training.

Instructions for connecting to the training are available on our website.


YouTube Channel

Our marketing videos, video tutorials, and online training archives are now available on the Design Master Software YouTube channel.

Future video content, such as training recordings and vlogs, will be uploaded to this channel in addition to the website.

Press the "Subscribe" button to display new videos in your YouTube feed. Select the bell icon and "All" to receive notifications when we upload.


Documentation Updates

Knowledge Base Updates

The following articles have been added to the knowledge base:

General

Electrical RT